Making delicious plum and orange jam at home is not difficult, the recipe is only slightly different in composition and cooking from the classic preparation for the winter. Dessert with citrus notes has a delicate summer aroma, it turns out to be sweet, but with a light, barely perceptible sourness. You can serve it with tea, eat with pancakes, pancakes, add as a filling to biscuits, homemade muffins and pies.
It is not difficult to cook original plum and orange jam according to the classic recipe, having prepared the necessary products and dishes in advance, having studied the step-by-step cooking time and cooking recommendations. Only in this case, the delicacy will turn out with a light citrus flavor that does not clog the taste of plums, will remain beautiful in appearance and will be well stored.
Undoubtedly, the benefits of such an interesting dessert, containing many vitamins, nutrients, albeit with a fairly high caloric value, will also become. The calorie content of 100 grams of ready-made citrus jam and plums, depending on the recipe and the amount of sugar used in cooking, is approximately 280-320 kcal.
Cooking Secrets and Tricks
To make ordinary plum and orange jam at home for the winter, you should follow the steps of the recipe step by step, use the tips and tricks of more experienced housewives. Here are some proven secrets from culinary experts on how to make a successful sweet dessert.
- Stir the fruit and berry mass in a saucepan or basin only with a wooden spatula, a spoon with a long handle. Metal appliances scratch the bottom of the dishes, change the color of the finished product after cooling.
- To prevent the preparation from being sugared during storage in winter, you can pour in a little citric acid during boiling (1 teaspoon per 1 kg of granulated sugar).
- It is only necessary to cook the sweet mass over low heat, avoiding bubbling and bursting of bubbles on the surface, otherwise too much foam will form.
- If the mixture is boiled in a bowl for too long, the contents may burn or turn into a thick jam.
The darker the fruit, the more purple in color the jam will turn out - as in the photo below. When adding not blue, but yellow plums, you can get a lighter dessert with a red-orange hue.
Preparation of food
A simple recipe for a delicious plum and orange treat consists of several ingredients:
- plums of any kind;
- oranges;
- Sahara;
- water.
Fruit should be taken in certain proportions, having prepared them for cooking in advance:
- Rinse the plums, cut in half, remove the seeds, cut into 6-8 slices;
- remove the zest from citrus, remove white layers that can taste bitter, cut into pieces of any size.
Putting the slices is better already in hot syrup, so that the jam is thicker and more uniform in consistency.
Cooking recipe in stages
Those who do not like to mess around in the kitchen for a long time will like a quick and understandable recipe for how to make jam from plums, oranges and sugar for the winter. It will take only 45 minutes to cook, the output will be about 450-500 ml of the finished product. Plums and oranges should be taken ordinary, of any sort that are currently on sale.
Required ingredients for cooking:
- plums - 0.4 kg;
- orange - one piece;
- sugar - 2 cups (if the fruits are sour, the amount can be increased by another 0.5-1 cups).
Cooking process
- Sort out the plums, rinse with warm water, dry on a towel. Then remove the seeds, cut in half. Very large fruits can be cut into quarters. It is not recommended to add whole plums when cooking jam, they will remain dense.
- Scald the orange with boiling water, wipe with a towel or dry sponge. Peel and partitions, cut each wedge into triangular pieces. Throw away the bones.
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Transfer the plums to a saucepan or enamel basin, and add citrus pieces here. If desired, the proportions can be changed, increasing the amount of this or that fruit to your liking.
Plums and oranges - Cover the food with granulated sugar, leave for 2 hours to give juice.
- Put the container on low heat, wait for the mass to boil, and the sugar dissolves with stirring.
- Cook the jam over low heat, skim and stir for 40 minutes.
- During this time, wash with soda and sterilize clean cans, rinse the lids with hot boiling water.
- Arrange hot jam in glass jars, seal with screw lids for the winter or roll up. Cool, then store in a cool place.
Interesting dessert variations
To please household members with an unusual delicacy, you do not need to stand at the stove for half a day or harvest a lot of fresh fruit for preservation. It's easier to cook a little bit using different recipes with additional ingredients added to taste. Here are some original winter treats variations:
- the use of not chopped slices, but whole plums with seeds;
- adding tangerine or lemon to enhance the citrus aroma in the finished dessert;
- replacing purple eel plums with prunes, blackthorns, yellow fruits;
- the inclusion of additives such as mint, honey, nuts, cinnamon, ginger in the jam.
You can also diversify the taste and aroma of plum-orange treats with lemon, star anise, clove buds, apples of any varieties. Depending on the selected recipe and proportions, you will get an unusual dessert for the winter, well stored not only in the refrigerator, but also in the basement, pantry, in a dark and cool place.
Those who prefer to study the cooking process by video will like the simple and clear step-by-step video recipe with a demonstration of all the cooking processes presented below.
